Hose-supporter.



' B. JOHNSON.

HOSE SUPPORTER. APPLICATION FILED AUG.25.1905.

n Inbev/01 PATENTED JUNE 26, 1906.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIOE.

HOSE-SUPPORTER.

Specication of Letters Patent.'

Patented June 26, 1906.

Application filed August 25, 1905. Serial Nol 275,838.

To all whom, it vnay concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States,residing in Cincinnati, county of Hamilton, and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Hose-Supporters, ofwhich the Jfollowing is a full, clear, and eXact description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to means for supporting hose, and is moreparticularly adapted for the use of children and young girls; and itconsists of a combined shoulder-brace and hose-supporter whereby thestocking may be suitably supported at the same time that theshoulder-brace is held in proper position.

It is usual to support stockings in osition by bands attached to a beltencirc ing the waist; but for children, before the development of thehips, this arrangement is not very serviceable, as it is difficult tosustain the belt without making it too tight. With many forms ofshoulder-braces, more particularly those of the figure-8 type, there isno, or not sufficient, means provided for holding them in position, sothat they are very apt to shift out of place. It is to obviate both ofthese difficulties that my invention is directed; and it consists ofthat certain novel construction in combining the shoulderbrace with thehose-supports to be hereinafter particularly pointed out and claimed.

In the drawing, the gure is a perspective view of my improvedshoulder-brace and hose-supporter.

1 is the webbing forming an ordinary figure-8 shoulder-brace with acentral portion 2, preferably formed by folding the web of the brace andstitching, so as to leave short ends 3 3, to which are secured the loops4 4, the other ends being brought around to go over the shoulders, passthrough the loops 4 4, and are adjustably secured by theadjustment-buckles 5 5, so that the brace may be lengthened orshortened, as desired.

6 6 are bands of elastic webbing rovided with any suitable clasp at theends or securing to the stockings. I have shown in the drawing one ofthe ordinary clasps consisting of the button 7 and the metal loop 8,with contracted end for locking the stocking between the button and theloop; but any other construction desired may be used. These elasticbands 6 6 are loosely run through the loops 9 9, through which loops thesupporting-web 10 is also loosely passed, thus securing the twotogether. The ends of this supporting-web 10 are looped over theshoulderbrace straps 1 and are secured to the web by the adjustablebuckles 11 11, so that the length of the supporting-web may be adjustedas desired, while the middle portion of the supporting-web slidesthrough and is supported by the loop 12, secured by the tab 13 to thecentral portion 2 of the shoulder-brace. By thus looping thesupporting-strap overl the shoulder-brace web the loops readily adjustthemselves in proper position under the arms, while the web of theshoulder-brace is gatheredor folded lengthwise, so as to obviate anyfriction of the brace under the armpits.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a hose-supporter, straps to brace the shoulders, with bands tosupport the stockings loops thereon loosely engaging the bracestrapsunder the arm portion, whereby the stocking-supports may adjustthemselves in position under the arms, lsaid supports being alsosuspended from the central portion of said brace-straps.

2. In a hose-supporter, straps to brace the shoulders and a continuousband with its ends looped loosely over the shoulder-straps under the armportion and a loop on the central portion of the shoulder-braces throughwhich the continuous band passes, with supporting devices for thestockings secured to said band.

3. In a hose-supporter, the combination with a figure-8 shoulder-brace,of a hosesupport consisting of a continuous band with its ends loopedloosely over the shoulderstraps under the arm portion, and a loop on thecentral portion of the shoulder-braces vthrough which the continuousband passes,

with supporting devices for the stocking secured'to said band.

4. In a hose-supporter, straps to brace the shoulders and a continuousband with its ends looped loosely over the shoulder-straps under the armportion and a loop on the central portion of the shoulder-braces throughwhich the continuous bandpasses, with supporting devices for thestockings and loop for securing same to said band.

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5. In a hosesupporter, the combination l with supporting devices for thestocking and with a ligure-8 sl1oulder-braee, of a hoseloop for securingsame to said band. support consisting of a continuous band with its endslooped loosely over the shoulder- EDWARD JGHNSON' 5 straps under the armportion, and a loop on Vitnesses:

Jche central portion of the shoulder-braces ANNA M. BUTLER,

through which the continuous band passes, STANLEY W. C. DOWNEY.

